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He started putting stickers containing the names of more than 125 children from the hospice on the side of the supercar.

But he expressed sadness, stating that seven of those children have tragically passed away since he started the campaign in April.

He said: “I can’t imagine what it must be like to lose your child at such a young age, it is tragic for the people that go through that. On one occasion, four children had sadly lost their lives in the hospice in one week.

“Recently, a woman asked if she could have her son’s name on the front of the car – but wanted it in a colour different from the ones I had designated for it. I mentioned this to her, but she offered to donate more money for it.

“When I agreed to go ahead with the sticker, I noticed a tear run down her cheek - she said that it was in memory of her son she lost at the age of 18.

“That just blew me away.”

The self-professed ‘Jaguar addict’ has been catching the attention of everyone in the town, with the bright purple livery of the hospice being wrapped around the car.

Stuart Dixon next to his Jaguar which is set to be adorned by the names of children who lost their battles against life-threatening diseases at Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice

He said: “I’m addicted to Jags – I actually have eight at the moment. But with this one, I wanted to do something special.

“I woke up one morning and decided that I would cover it in stickers to raise money for the hospice.

“Lots of people have noticed the purple wrap, then taken the time to look at the names and businesses, as well as realising why I am doing this.

“One person said that he would not drive around in the car with purple vinyl wrap, but had certainly shown his appreciation for the cause.

“Since I’ve starting doing it, I love this car and I wouldn’t change it for a thing.”

Despite the £63,000 been raised for the hospice through his Jaguar, he wants to continue to push for more donations.

The retired businessman plans to tour all eight of his Jaguars across the US in the near future.

The super car is covered in the purple livery of Bluebell Wood

He already tours all of his cars in shows around the UK, with people flocking to go see them – proving popular at county show car displays.

Stuart charges people to sit in the vehicles and thanks to sponsorship, all the money goes to the children’s hospice, and various other charities he supports.

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As the Jaguar XK is running out of space, Stuart wants to start opening up another one of his cars for the same sticker treatment.

He said: “We are going to reach over £70,000 with this car, but it costs the hospice £11,000 to run per day – so, that barely covers a week of operations.

“Once the car is completely filled, I will start fundraising on a second car, before we then tour across America. I have never driven over there, so there is a fair bit of adjustment I would need to do.

“I currently have 40 stickers from several companies on this current car; with the next one, I hope I can trump that number.”